Storyville: How Hackers Changed the World: We Are Legion
Wed Feb 20, 10.30-11.30pm, BBC4
Frustrating, because there’s material for about four separate documentaries packed into this hour, yet a good half of it is devoted to yawnsome knob-gazing from Beavis and Butt-Head types sitting indoors with the curtains drawn. WikiLeaks, the PayPal attacks, the nascent Occupy movement, the murky world of commercial counter-cyber-terrorism: all merit far more analysis than they’re accorded here.
The overall impression is that the political and ethical motivation of many of those involved struggles to best their overweening self-regard. As one of the commentators observes, it’s all about what happens next.
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